Horse-collar fastener.



No. 813,863. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. J. G. OLAUSEN. HORSE COLLAR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1905.

WITNESSES. INVENTOH .JUHN C-CLF\USEN M By ' ATTORNEYS UNI D STATES PATENT orrron.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed August 3, 1905. Serial No. 272,563.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

to lock the two sides of a collar and to permit the ready separation thereof to facilitate the placing and removal of the collar when desired, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient device of the character mentioned.

My invention consists of certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the parts separated. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a similar section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the fastener with parts in locked position.

A and A represent two curved plates of metal or other suitable material adapted to be secured to the upper ends of the two parts of a horse-collar, respectively, by means of bolts passed through the slots 00 a and through the collar. The plates at their adjacent edges are provided with transverse flanges or ribs, the flange a 'of plate A having in its face a V-shaped groove a on each side of a central filler-block or projection (L The flange a of plate A has its front edge beveled to form a V-shaped projecting rib a on each side of the cut-out part or space a)". The filler-block or projection a is of such size and shape as to exactly fit the cut-out part or space a when the two plates A and A are brought closely together, and the V- shaped ribs a also fit in the V- shaped grooves a in the flange of plate A.

a a are ears or lugs projecting upwardly from plate A, said ears being perforated to receive the pintles b of swinging latch B. Said latch B has at its free end a downwardlyprojecting flange or rib b, which preferably extends entirely across the width of said latch.

As shown in Figs. 2, 3, the two plates A and A are brought closely together until the V shaped ribs a fit into the V-shaped grooves a and the filler-block a fits into the cut-out part or space 0. The latch B is then swung over the two abutting flanges of the two plates and dropped down behind the flange on plate A, where it will remain, being held to its place by the natural elasticity of the horse-collar. The two plates A and A are prevented from moving transversely by virtue of the filler-block or projection a fitting in the cut-out part or space a". It will thus be seen that I provide a simple, cheap, and eflicient collar-fastener by means of which the collar can be quickly and easily applied to or removed from the neck of a horse.

The plates A and A and their respective parts may be cast in one piece, or they may be stamped out of metal and the flanges a and a secured thereto in any suitable manner.

While the flanges a and a preferably extend across the entire width of the plates A and A, it is obvious that they may be located only at the center of each plate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A horse-collar fastener consisting of two base-plates, upwardly-projecting flanges at the adjacent edges of said plates, and a latchbar pivoted longitudinally at one end to the body portion of one of said plates rearwardly of its flange, said latch-bar having a flange extending downwardly from its free end to swing over the upwardly-projecting flange of the opposite plate.

2. A horse-collar fastener consisting of two base-plates, one plate having a groove in its front edge, the other plate provided with a corresponding rib on its front edge to fit into said groove, a latch-bar pivotally secured longitudinally at its one end to the body portion of one of the plates rearwardly of its front edge and having a downwardly-projecting flange at its free end, and a vertical projection on the opposite plate over which the flanged end of said latch-bar is to be swung longitudinally and lock the adjacent edges of the two plates together.

3. A horse-collar fastener consisting of two plates,each plate having a flange or projection at its front edge, the flange of one plate having inits verticalface grooves on each side of a central filler or block, and the flange of IIO the opposite plate having ribs to fit in said 1 secured to one plate to swing over and engage the flange of the opposite plate.

4. A horse collar fastener consisting of two base-plates, each plate having an upwardlyprojecting flange at its front end, one of said flanges having aplurality of grooves in its front face and the flange on the opposite plate rovided with ribs projecting from the front ace of its flange fitting within the aforesaid grooves of the opposite flange, a latchbar pivotally secured longitudinally at its one end to the body portion of one of said plates rearwardly of its flange and provided at its free end with a downwardly-projecting flange at its free end to be swung longitudinally over the upwardly-projecting flange of the opposite plate to lock the two plates together, and means for preventing the lateral displacement of the flanges when locked together.

5. A horse-collar fastener consisting of two plates, each plate provided with means for adjustably securing it to the ends of a collar and having a flange at its front edge, the flange of one plate having in its vertical face grooves on each side of a central filler or block, the flange of the opposite plate having ribs to fit in said grooves and a cut-out or space to receive the aforesaid central filler, one of the plates provided with verticallyprojecting perforated ears, a latch having pintles pivotally secured in said ears, said latch swinging over and engaging the flange of the opposite plate.

Witnesses:

R. E. CooK, J. H. BENNETT. 

